Time to Chew Gum (Call Democrats’ Bluff on Immigration)

Democrats have an answer for their critics who question why they are spending time investigating President Trump instead of  addressing the urgent needs of the country:  “We can walk and chew gum at the same time,” they tell us.

Well its time they start chewing gum!

Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives because the party, as a whole, couldn’t come up with a plan to replace Obamacare.  After railing about the unAfordable Care Act for the seven long years, they were like the dog who chased the car and finally caught it.  When they finally took control of all three branches of government and had a chance to do something, they were exposed:  All bark and no bite.  How pathetic!

Now the shoe is on the other foot.  Democrats claim they want to solve the immigration problem.  To be sure, they don’t have absolute control of Washington, but they won’t do squat! They don’t like President Trump, but that is no excuse for not working when him.  Trump has shown time and again, that he is willing to compromise to solve the problem at our southern border, but clearly they are not.  It’s time to chew gum!

We have become a laughing stock to the rest of the world.  We will go halfway around the globe to protect another county,  but we won’t protect our own against outside invaders.

“Oh, these poor people, they just want a better life,” Democrats opine.  What about all those people in the inner city of Chicago, those sleeping on the streets of San Francisco and Los Angeles?  They want a better life too.  What about them?   It’s interesting that all three of these cities are controlled by Democrats and the situation is dire, but what is their answer?   Open the borders and get rid of ICE.

While we are at it, why don’t we just fire the Border Patrol and put up a big “Everyone Welcome” sign at the border?  That is the unofficial message we are sending to the world.   The Border Patrol is overwhelmed.  It can’t do the job for which it was tasked.    We have reduced these people to nursemaids and nannies, but the Democrats won’t listen to them.  Will they listen to you?  What is their answer?  It’s time to chew gum!

Clearly, the people who are flooding into our country from Central America are not fleeing oppression if they’ve traveled across three or four countries to get here.   One who was interviewed recently told the truth, “We are headed to the Promised Land (free stuff)!”

So, why not send them home immediately?  Oh, our laws prevent that.  Well fix the law!  It doesn’t take the billions of dollars we are now spending on this problem to do that.  It’s a matter of a few straight up and down votes which could be done in a morning.  Then they could break for lunch and take the rest of the day off.    It’s time to chew gum!

A friend of mine asked me to explain why, if your parents break the law to get you into college, you are expelled.  The parents are indicted and charged with a felony and likely will serve time in jail.  However,  if your parents break the law to get into our country you are given a free education.  Healthcare is on the taxpayers’ dime, the parents get off scot-free and Democrats want to give all involved amnesty.  Where is the justice in that?

Unfortunately, breaking into the country presently is only a misdemeanor, the equivalent  of a parking ticket.  In other words, there is no downside.  The distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony is the seriousness of the crime and the potential for harm.

A theft of $500 or less is generally considered a misdemeanor, but a theft of $500 or more is a felony in most states.  The crime of breaking and entering is considered a misdemeanor, but breaking and entering with the intent to commit grand larceny (steal a large amount) is a felony.

So how much does illegal immigration cost the citizens of the U.S.?  The latest study by the Federal of American Immigration Reform in 2017 put the cost of illegal immigration at some $116 billion a year or around $8,000 per year for every illegal alien family member.  https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers

That is four times what it would cost to build a barrier along the southern border and hire more agents to patrol the areas where this is not feasible.

Build the barriers and change the crime of illegally entering the country to a felony?  It’s time to chew gum!

2 thoughts on “Time to Chew Gum (Call Democrats’ Bluff on Immigration)

  1. Jane, Well said the daily cost to the American tax payer is enough to cause one to have Hives! Our, I hate to say (“our” time they were dumped) politicans are chewing something, maybe Bubble Gum and blowing bubbles . Do they think we are not watching and calculating the cost in $$$ but also our reputation overseas. Countries that show more respect for their leaders even Dictators! American Politicians bad behavior emboldens the countries that would harm us. To the invaders of our borders who come here for a free lunch on our hard earned money, surely laugh at the stupidity and weakness of Congress. I’m not laughing.


  2. The current behavior of Congress, especially the House of Representatives, is beyond criminal – I’d liken it to subversive (destroy an established government, institution, etc.), destructive, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, devastating, bad and dumb.

    Seeing the hordes, not unlike a tidal wave, surging across our border is sickening, especially when we have thousands of our own citizens living on the streets in major cities and scattered across our nation. Also, many of our citizens who are in prison and who have changed their ways to become potentially contributing citizens when released if they have the training to merge into our current technological society.

    Funds spent to serve illegals would be so much better spent on changed inmates who are released and wish to help their families and themselves live a better life. Direct our tax funds toward our own citizens first, the ones who show efforts and desires to live better, whether homeless or former inmates, all are our U.S. brothers and sisters of our great American family.


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